Sidetracked Charley

On a Wing Photograph by J. Binford-Bell Icarus flew Soaring on the early light lifted by the currents of change lighted by hope dawning.  Icarus fell the sun's rays melted the wax of hope. Icarus fell to the rigid earth unyielding  reality of status quo no hope cushioned his landing. But Icarus flew for a time and they cheered. J. Binford-Bell July 2016 Thank you, Senator Bernie Sanders, for giving us hope for at least a brief moment.

Dad used to joke that voting just encouraged them. But my parents always voted. And both at least outside the voting booth proclaimed to be Democrats. Mother was even precinct chairwoman at one time. We lived in a Republican neighborhood and it got all the windows broken out of both cars and red paint smeared across our driveway and sidewalk. I had to quit the senior girl scouts because of my parents' politics. I was always an introvert but due to Kennedy running for President virtually became a recluse. I figured the Republicans were responsible for Kennedy getting assassinated and never forgave LBJ because my friends from Dallas said it was his idea. But after college I went to work for a Republican Senator who cosponsored the bill to end the war in Vietnam. And I found myself hanging with a liberal group of young Republicans. I always figured it was more about the platform than the party. Now nobody talks about the platform. It is all about personalities. I don't lik...